SS7 w/ Bullins, "America's Growth Spurt: The Exciting Changes of the Gilded Age"

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Across
  1. 2. Inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera, among other innovations.
  2. 4. Business Large, powerful corporations or companies that controlled industries like steel, oil, and railroads.
  3. 8. The creation of new ideas, products, or methods, which characterized the technological advances of this period.
  4. 11. A businessman who led the expansion of the American steel industry and practiced philanthropy later in life.
  5. 12. A device using electrical signals to transmit messages over long distances via wires.
  6. 13. A machine that allowed for quicker and more efficient typing, widely used in business.
  7. 14. A government license giving inventors exclusive rights to make, use, or sell their inventions.
  8. 15. A legal arrangement where multiple companies combine under a single board of trustees to reduce competition and control markets.
  9. 17. Inventor of the telephone, which transformed communication in the late 19th century.
  10. 18. A period of rapid economic growth and urbanization in the United States, spanning from the 1870s to about 1900.
  11. 19. A business organization that is owned by shareholders and operated by managers.
  12. 20. The rapid growth of cities in population and size due to industrialization and immigration.
  13. 21. The combining of two or more companies into one larger company.
  14. 22. The undeveloped land in the western United States that was gradually settled during the 19th century.
  15. 23. Essential for powering factories and steel production during the Gilded Age.
  16. 24. A printing machine that greatly increased the speed and efficiency of producing newspapers and books.
Down
  1. 1. The efficiency of production, often boosted by new inventions during the Gilded Age.
  2. 3. The process of people moving from other countries to live in the United States, often for economic opportunities.
  3. 5. An invention that streamlined sales transactions in businesses.
  4. 6. A device invented by Thomas Edison that provided a reliable source of artificial light.
  5. 7. Inventor of the telegraph, which revolutionized long-distance communication in the 1840s.
  6. 9. A key raw material used in steel production, often controlled by major industrialists like Andrew Carnegie.
  7. 10. The growth of industry and factory-based production, replacing agricultural economies.
  8. 14. An invention by Edison that could record and play back sound.
  9. 16. The process by which rural areas develop into cities or towns as populations grow and industry expands.
  10. 25. Industry The industry that grew during the Gilded Age, crucial for building infrastructure like railroads and skyscrapers.